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Show GRAIN WEAK, WITH MARKET nuts i Wheat and Corn Lose: Oats I Hold Steady, While Pro vis- 1 ions Make Gains. INITIAL FIRMNESS OF WHEAT NOT MAINTAINED All Wheat Futures Close Weak. .With Net Losses From Fri- day's Mark. By Associated Press. CHICAGO. Feb. 3. Wheat and com fell oft" today, trading being of a nervous finality. Oats, arter exhibiting weakne.-s. closed a trifle higher than yesterday, and provisions wore Uglier all around, pork showing the greatest advance. Wheat showed initial firmness. Induced In part by comparatively light arrivals and a fair demand, and kept slightly In advance of yesterday's closing figures through the first half of the session. May early touching JI.OL's. A ralr demand de-mand for cash wheal later n ,0 day was unablo to counterbalance the. downward down-ward force of numerous soiling orders, which were reinforced by weakness In the corn pit, and prices sagged from ic to ie. The low level reached" by thc nearby near-by future was ?I.0D. Thc close, was weak In all the futures, with May at $1.o:u. iifi'ic lower than tlie final figures yesterday. yester-day. Coin at the outset was practically unchanged un-changed from yesterday, a limited demand de-mand tor cash corn, coupled with numerous numer-ous pit offerings, took the stiffening out of the market and prices sagged from 8c to fie. May declining to G5afrG53o from 6G The close war- weak at the low points In all the futures, with Mav Sc lower than yestcrdaj's finals. Trade In oats had some of the characteristics charac-teristics of thai in wheat and corn, although al-though fluctuations were narrower and more readily absorbed tho offerings. The distant futures were more generouslv supported than was the Mav dcflverv. and July and September closed ic and r. respectively, re-spectively, higher than yesterdav. Mai advanced to MiSc nnd sank to injU-. The close was linn, with May unchanged from yesterday fiaj figures, at Iflic. Light offerings and a good demand largely from packers and shorts, made the provisions trad a strong. Pork advanced ad-vanced to a close 2f.c to L7Je higher than the final quotation yesterdav, and the upturn -was shared hi a leSp" degn, by ,.'ird.;,,lY1 f"'s. which closed from 10c to loc higher. Closing prices for the Mav products were: Pork, $:'2.02J: lard, $12.07i; ribs. $1 1. Id. RANGE OF THE LEADING FUTURES. Wheat Open jow Cisc Mf'.v l.o!i l.Oi'J 1.0P 1.001 J -004 1.00k! 1.00 1.00 fcMt im; ooi or,; 06 Corn May r.h's r.ng lI.v M tjcg (", H'U 00 trti US-Oats US-Oats y-''y 1G5 W 161 J.!y m -ini jr. ntj lit JOE -102 ios Mess pork, per barrel -May 21. 22.10 21. So 22 02" July 22.00 22.02". 21.U2 21.y7j Lard, per 100 pounds Muy 12.a.-, J2.10 12. OS 12.07J July U.07J 12.071 11.97$ 12.05 Short ribs, per 100 pounds-May pounds-May ll.tS 11.77 11.S2& 11 75 1 July 11.72J 11 .77i 11.724 11.75 j CASH QUOTATIONS. i Cash quotations wero as follows: Flour steady: winter patents. ?5'rjr..O0; winter I straights. ST,. 10; spring straights. $4. Si Wn.05; bakers. S"J.25fi'f,.2.: No. 2 rve. SOIv Slic: feed or mixing barley. il2'?rt;lk-: fall-to fall-to choice malting. fi7'oi70Jc: flaxseed. No. I I southwestern.-52.05J; No. 1 northwestern. northwest-ern. ?2.1.ii; timothy seed. -M.l.'.; clover. I $11: mess pork, per barrel. $2.7fr22; lard, per 100 pounds, J12.07 12. 12; short I ribs, sides (loose), Jl l.SOf' 1 1.7.',;" short; clear sides (boxed). 51212.121. GRAIN STATISTICS. Tolal clearances of wheat and flour were equal to 100.000 bushels. Prima rv receipts wero ISO.OOO bushels, compared with o-i6,000 bushels the corresponding day a year ago. Estimated receipts for Monday: Wheat., 17 cars: corn, ltJl cars: I oats, 151 cars: bogs. 10. 00 head. ( Now York Sugar. By Associated Press. i NEW YORK, Feb. .".Raw sugar quiet; I muscovado. .SO test. ::.t;i.0.7c; centtifii- gal. .:u tesl. i.l l'o1 1.17c; molasses biigar. i .so test, :'.n-jfl7 i. t"c. ! Rcllnedsteaib ; crushed. i'.S.'ic; granulated. granu-lated. r,.lnc: powdeied. o.2?ic |